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s-rvHERE IS NO real man on borse-
Iback In Mexico. The band, of
Dlas must have lost both Its
- cunning : nd-4tB vlgorlDlax
attempts to put down the Insnrreo-
. tlon are fitful and puny beside the
rigorous repressive measures : that
y characterized his movements In other
days. . It Is wholly unlike the Dlas
who rode Into the Mexican capital
at the head of a victorious army on
June 2 6 7tiBto ; 81 years of
life, his term In the Mexican presi
dency : beginning; In 1877; and his
v continuous service: In ..the position
since his election to a second term
In 1884 have probably exhausted his
. physical power and left In the presi
dential thalr of Mexico a limp and
Impotent executive. . v
i In any event, there is information
" at Washington of some character to
. Indicate an Imminent crisis In Mex
ico. ; The -dispatch ef 4 American
troops and .warships to the Mexican
ant eventualities In the Mexican cap
ital. If jt Is not due to a. probable
Infirmity or expected passing of Diss,
; it is difficult to guess the explana-
- It has long been accepted as cer
tain that the passing 6f Dias would
be ; followed : by , hopeless . disorders.
Dlas himself has expected 'It, and
sought to raise np 4 lieutenant tor
the succession. Vice President Cor-;
ral Is his choice, but divisions have
-appeared in his own; cabinet that
lead to the inrmlse that while Dlas
can himself rule, bis power to cass
his rulershlp undisputed to another.
is questionable. . His feeble efforts
te repress the Insurrection , heighten
tne aouttt... t .v. 1 y ,
One hundred million dollars of in
vested American, capital and 63,000
American citkens are in . Mexico.
Protection of these against probable
disorders Is the warrant for sending
American 1 troops to the ' : border.
Great Britain has equal or . greater
Interests in Mexico; and Great Brit
ain has acknowledged the authority
. of the Monroe doctrine. .Under that
' acknowledgement, to us is committed
the responsibility and " duty of pro
tecting British interests a well as
, our own and this is part of the ex
, planatlon why our troops and' ships
are being hurried to the border.
the fortunes of the nation, the- picked
men In the arts and sciences, beads
of universities and colleges those
whom the people delight to honor
all these are content with salaries
that are far' from excessive. The
truth Is that a false standard Is em
ployed with . the men who deal In
money as the standard bearers.-Not
the Intrinalo worth of services ren
dered, but bow much can be handed
over .without protest and , revolt, ,1s
made the! determining factor. Other
countries .are not so lavish in their
allowances, - nor v other . pursuits in
life7ncuttlnghei:1iundredthou
sands to fifties a beginning has been
made. The process should not stop.
A FIRST FRUIT
T'
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, ECONOMY IN, SALARIES
T 8EEMS AS IF the mad riot In
salaries paid by. big institutions
had reached its climax and Is
now receding. The steel trust
began by allowing Its new president
850,000 a year Instead of 8100,000.
. The ' Eaultable Life follnwAd mil
MA. ' Wt f mm l a ' m .
uiw raui jaoran i aeatn by re-
iV. I J i
uuvuis uiv y'eBiueiu s saiary xrom
880.000 to 860,000. It is noticed
. that prior to the life insurance in
vestigation In 19 OS three presidents
ox large companies were receiving
1100,000 a year or over. All have
been set now at the 850,000 limit
A writer in the New York Evening
Post considers 850,000 a year now
the highwater ' mark, and this is
. peached only In New ; York. It Is
said that, one or two In Chicago ex-
veyiBu, uo osns: president in me west
receives more than 835,000 a year.
It may be suggested that high
prizes are necessary to develop enor-
eating to inquire an what principle
these salaries can be said to be
- earned. If not earned then the
stockholders in the first instance are
, being mulcted -In the ultimate end
tfift nnhiift nan Am mm .
who are competent to sit in presl-
'" dent's ehulra. anil mn n .
clently direct the destinies of the
, great undertakings of the twentieth
century, mat fancy posts entitle
them to fancy pay r -
It; Is the, handling of money in
' enormous , sums that seems to dls
' tort fhe perspective of all who deal
la It or with it They think In mil
lions,' and the sense of proportion
i iua mit woo gainer round the
board table agree in fixing the pres
ident's salary at these fancy rates.
When the steel corporation drops
the president's salary one half at
one stroke do they expect to secure
Just as efficient service for $50,000
as has been rendered for 8100,000?
Unless reports fall the new man Is
JuBt as good or better than his pre
decessor. Then thft previous holder
has been desperately; 6ver,iaTL .
: uuia ia a i. vuai luosa wno Serve
the publle are contented, yes, k well
satisfied; on such far more modest
pay? .Supreme court, ; and other
Judges, In the ranks of their .high
and admirals, entrusted .with"; the
fate of armies and navies and. with
HE WHITE HOUSE has heard
from the country. The Demo
cratic landslide of last Novem
ber : has not been without Its
beneficial effect It has brought
reversal of his policy by President
Taft as to the Interior department
He has remanded Balllngerlsm and
Guggenhelmism to the rear. .
The change appears In the new
head of the interior department He
is Walter I Fisher of Chicago,
man of cabinet stature and reassur
ing antecedents. : He has been since
1888 a practicing lawyer in Chicago,
and a lawyer of the higher type. He
was a member for years of the ex-
ecutlvecommlttee ot the 'Municipal
Voters. league, a reform organiia'
tlon. He was secretary of the league
from 1901 to 1906 and president in
1906,' v":.;-.':, . ;;
He has been vice president of the
National Conservation association,
president of the Conservatioa Xeague
of America and Vice president of the
National -Municipal leagued
Mr, Fisher is everything that the
late Secretary Balllnger was not
His whole career haJ been as a sol
dier f 6r good government and clean
administration. He stands tor the
things . that, are uppermost in the
minds and . aspirations of -those who
want 7 purified fpnblic' affairs. His
selection by Mr. Taft Is a belated recognition-
of the fact that a costly
blunder was made when, in the be
ginning of his term selfish .Interests
were given'a large "hand, in the ad
ministration of the. Interior depart
ment. -r:r,,.,,. -v .
If his past means anything , the
country's resources will be safe in
the hands of Mr. Fisher. His first
acts wili doubtless be such as to al
lay the distrust : and unrest with
which, the Interior ; department has
been regarded for the past two years.
It will be a satisfying change, and
extremely helpful to Mr. Taft It
was fortunate that so many of the
states voted the Democratic) ticket
last November. It was a 1 people's
protest that thundered effectively at
the doors of the White House. -
NUMBER 24,011
R
UEF IS AT LAST In Ban Quen-
tln. The story of Tweed has
been repeated. Crime has sur
rendered to the law, and the
criminal gone to punishment ,
Ruef is the paramount anarchist
His kind Is more harmful to society
than a thousand of the puny people
we are wont to dub anarchists. - The
law failed to restrain him before he
was discovered, and was scarcely
able to land him in prison after It
had seized him.' But for the happy
episode of the government of Cali
fornia passing into the hands of the
people, Ruef would still , be at lib
erty with little probability that San
Quentln would ever, house him.
Ruef was the "product of a sys
tem, and his fall the fruit of that
system. 'It is unfair to men that
they should live under a scheme of
government that makes possible a
boss and a career for a boss. It was
such a system that helped to send
Ruef to San Quentln. -It ought to
have sent Schmlts .there. It nearly
sent there, public service magnates,
in whose escape Justice was cheated,
the courts put to the strain and civic
and social affairs in a great city
shaken to their foundations.; None
better than Ruef knows that there
tre others who ought to be compan
ions with him in San Quentln.
A big fact In the passing" of Ruef
Is the steadfastness of the trial
Judge, Through all the-storm-and
turbulence of the graft' trials, Judge
Lawlor was the unpurchasable and
unmovable Judge. .. His example
lights the way for Judges very
where, and his acts were a first fac
tor in the final fall of the boss.
In San Quentln, the criminal Is
not Ruef, but "number 24,911." He
Is shorn of everything, and reduced
so low that even his name is a mere
prison number.' For cell mates he
has a thief and a murderer. It Is a
long way from boss of San Francisco
to number 24,911. ' : .-, ; J
nixed and fixed processes In the pol
icy of almost every state.
' . Oregon already has them,4 Okla
homa has them. ; Other states bare
one of more of them. ' Bitter experi
ences have demonstrated the need
of them and proven the weaknesses
of government without them. ( : .
Systems Hnaker-mar-men.-Hrhe
old system fa Oregon ruined Mitchell.
It ruined many another Oregon poli
tician. The state is full of political
cadavers who shuddeasi at recollec
tions of the past Ob j- state history
is a trail of .-, wrecked careers' and
rained reputations.-"
Arizona has profited from the his
tory of other state governments. - It
wants no-Lortmer to-scandallze-lt-
It wants clean government and the
means of clean , government and
ought to have It It Is to the dis
credit of the late congress that It
attempted tQ bar the way. -
zero - temperatures - will - be -watched
here1 with continuing Interest ' ?m
It Is good to, be told that Luther
Burbank has Bet I date, and not a
distant one, for the perfecting of bis
experiments in .the .hardening pro
cess. ..his audacity in predicting fu
ture results for. the methods that he
follows-would be-startling divers
not for the changes in size, coloring.
navor, naramess, tecunaity of his
plants that he has already wrought
' President Taft is game In defense
of Balllnger., His flings at "the
press" can be passed by as the effer-
vesence of an official, who is trying
to make the best of a bad Job. Bal
lnger-never should - have been ap
pointed. "The press" Bald so. It
says so yet. Balllnger was a blun-
der. He "fas more a calamity..-
POSTAL . MESSENGERS l-
HE POSTOFFICB IN England,
owning and operating both tel
egraphs and telephones as a na
tional enterprise, employs thou
sands of boys In the service.' These
lads drop out when a certain age is
reached and, hitherto, have been
T
Letters From tKePeopla
Results From One Acre of Labd.
Ashland, Or., March. 4. To the Edi
tor of The Journal There has been so
much said about what can be done on
a email tract of land. I will give a state
ment of results tor one year, and there
are anr amount of tracts will bast these
figures: .-.'.;.x,-.v,,.-. V,
Area of ground, 250x110 feet House,
binlnff the ranks of the nnemnloved. lawn, woodshed and chicken yard stake
or. unskUled.workers,ntll gradual-
y absorbed In various , branches of
Industry. The postmaster general
and his officials bave given much, at
tention lately; to the question of the
disposition of these boys turned onto
the world at the most" critical period
of their Uvee.. . .
Two remedies are . being tried.
Girls are being taken oh la the places
filled by the elder boys prior to their
discharge. rrThey : are permanently
engaged, and are i being carefully
trained for work as telegraphers and
In the telephone branch. ; , -'-V
The boys are to be also permanent-
7m engaged In the nation's service.
I run ana berries we wanted for one
year, and besides we sold the following!
Vntatra .ttHQF;. n.n. lihliMt.
$1.10: onions, Ito.SO; lettuce. 18.1$: tur-
nips, i.6; onernes, 1.15; peas, zii.it;
I loganberries. - IS.tt; - dewberries, $1.10;
blackberries, t.0S; string beans, $190;
cabbage, $(.15; ououmbers, $1.15; apples,
$1.20 ; green corn, $1.00; parsnips, $5.65;
tomatoes, $11.05; carrots on cow feed,
4J)lTots4Jl8ias J'amiirjuse, 60
cents ner day, $18 T. Orand total. $168.15.
Thinks Newspapers. Are Deceived.
To the Edltorof The Journsi' AfUr
reading of the arrest of the person called
Hulln for cutting the hair from the
heads of several girls, I m curious
enough to ask why the newspapers fall
When too "Old for messenger boys for each stuff as the "wealthy eonneo
they are to go for short terms In the H00"-" :,1c0"9l. sraduate," -football
army or navy. When such short
terms axe passed they are to return and similar games played, one-half of
as adult workers In the postofflce,
some one of its many divisions.
The care of the children In Lon
don Is being made a matter of new
attention by the London county
council. , There Is a law of the
widest . scope called, the children's
charter, passed not long since. The
various trade In which children may
be employed are strictly regulated
and frequently Inspected, Hours for
work and for schooling- are laid
down. Like all laws the children's
cbarterjs not self operative. To
pass such, laws Is easy, to carry them
out to the full. In a great metropolis,
with seven millions of people within
Its boundaries, Is no holiday task.
The county council has an ar5bsed
conscience now In this respect, for
which the children in the streets of
London win are the better, j '-''
LAME DUCK OPPOSITION
HE REFUSAL OF, the late con
gress to 1 approve the Arizona
constitution was a, childish' bus
iness; Its excuse was that the
Instrument carried provision for the
initiative and referendum, the recall
and corrupt practices. ' - 11 ' '
The lame ducks who limped out
of the body last Saturday all Joined
in the opposition. Their objection
was .the protest of men -repudiated
by their constituents. '. The very hps
tiiity'ot such a group Is sign of the
Justice of Arizona's claims to state
hood..; ; '"'StJ.1';
The refusal was last stand of
bourbonlsm in Its own citadel of
privilege. It was an attempt to post
pone the coming of ; the inevitable.
Time and experience have demon
strated the efficacy in jgorernment
of the initiative and referendum, the
recaJU and-eorrupt- practiees- meas
ures. In effect, the flat: has : gone
forth that they are ta become recog-
REGULATING COLD STORAGE
N ATTEMPT TO remedy cold
' storage abuses has been begun
in New Jersey by the passage
of a bill In the assembly re
quiring warehouses to fix the, date
of reception and delivery of all pack
ages of food accepted for storage. It
Is a measure to which reputable deal
ers cannot make objections that will
bear scrutiny. Opposition so raised
would, be equivalent to a plea of
guilty to the .accusations of abuses
that have been brought against the
warehousemen. , '
Dr. Wylie, the famous chemist of
the department of agriculture, has
made specific charges of the deter
ioration of foods kept In cold storage
for over long periods. Recent reve
lations have established that som
them are credited to . "graduates" - of
some college or university, and most all
of them have wealthy parents bankers,
ui ina hsl - .
The polite term of . alU 'Walls,"
should be 1 given such claims, as the
question arises, namely: Do colleges
teach that kind of stuff or Is It only
that kind of cattle that attend colleges?
Wouldn' It be a good Idea to send them
to the rockplle while, waiting for a let
ter from PaT I'.-. JTJSTIcac.
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r The Paramount Measure.
From the Chicago Tribune.
The United Stites senate has under
consideration a number of measures ef
importance,--feut, there Is no question In
the public mind that among these the
reciprocity bill is first
t Reciprocity is, indeed, more than first
In an Important sense It has ho second.
It; is upon a plane by Itself. '
there are some great measures which
plainly transcend politics, and reciproci
ty Is one of these, r Out among the 90,
000,000 of American cltlsens this Is rec
ognised. . Shall . it not be recognised
among the ninety American cltlsens of
the United States mttmMtiiStJr'.r v.H V
- The bill to put Into effect the Canadl
an convention Is above party and above
politic. If the senate Uves up to Its
highest traditions It will deal with this
measure In the spirit of patriotic states
manship. It will disentangle this meas
ure from the complications of factional
or party strategy. It will put away con
siderations of local or special Interests
and petty fears, and it will deal with
the reciprocity bill as a great measure
demanded by the highest and widest in.
terests of the American and Canadian
nations, an interest lmprotant enough
to call imperatively for immediate ac
tion, yet destined in future yeats to
prove far greater and more, beneficent
to the two great peoples of the con
tinent.
This Js an issue that no senator and
no raction and no party can afford to
Juggle with or evade. It Is the para
mount Issue la the senate. It Is the par
amount Issue la the political thought of
me nation as the Sixty-first congress
draws to its close. It is being onnosed
They should
COMMENT AND NEWS IN BRIEF
SMALL CHANGS . ...
It is at least near spring. -
'
Watch that new garden grow,
e a
.Will Lorlmer be a Chautauqua lecturer
una luuuutri : .. ,
; The roblh Is a. standpatter! his song
w ver ins sama, - ,
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' Thoasands are Imt mw nankins tin
Al Bifltr awella In his iwn iiHmL.
uun, ne enruuca in pudiio esteem.-.
r - .
It has heaa a"a.wfn1H x
u-ustjia w am Kuei lnio. jai
The Oregon country neada anJ has
ampie room zor many real laborers.
Bailer Of TexM vUNinf tn Wall
ireet, or near, zs Broadway, la a few
1 111 vim,
.- -
Plnchot save he ie a Ranuhllnan. hnt
would rather be Tight than regular. But
Plnchot is on the blacklist .
Rev. Aked save h aaM nn tiAna in fcta
bis New Tork Rockefellar nburnh. Par.
naya vtm couron was Dap used la OIL
k Richard AilblllH n11inMti WtM'nnl ...
aotly resign "Under fire," perhaps, but
"7 tira.was aoout to oe
woman byglenlst says
14 believe every
underwear
shortens life. If wa woul
health faddist we could neither wear nor
hi anyuung. t , . ; .
.; -i . ' " e a
,lAL.?.oftlan.d man bad to pay ISO for
10- kittens ha- la t die. vat man nannla
mercifully destroy ed."rrrj;r:
There must be some' Theodore Waam.
velt Smiths, Joneses, Browns, etc
grown up now enough to hurrah . for
xeuuy wnen ne comes. . -,-.s
Bernard VelsTith and Nadine ara a
pair neiween wnom . mere Isn't much
choloe-rWhat they apnarenUy need is a
long spell of rockplle, or something of
that sort , . .
There being no election of congress-
tuau lur - m year ana a qui. me nartT
sers - klndl r ,. forbear to taaua h la
soring books filled with misinformation
and misrepresentations, as they will
next year.
If Rev.'Akeil can ehanva tmm a Stw
tlst to a Congregationalist without any
twinge or twit ah- It ahon Id not ha ar
difficult for lay members of these and
other evangelical, churches to Join forces
and minimise differences. --
Well, there Is nothing strange about
man With a larare inharitane- halna-
broke after his buslnees had been at
tended to br certain firms of SeatUe
attorneys, some members of which have
become prominent politically.
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There are humorists la the Texas leg
islature:' they want to Invite Lorlmer
and Bailey to come and lecture to that
body on "Purity, In Politics? - Lorlmer
Is probably too coarse to see the Joke,
and Baileys dignity will be offended
again.
.Help sf lltt lift a Uttle, as you pass
along; ease a burden here and there,
if you're smart and strong. Some are
starving, some are slow, some are faint
and ill; boost a little,-cheer a little,
when folk climb a hilt Give a Uttle to
the needy, to the weak be kind maybe
you'll have need of mercy, 'era heaven
you shall find. . - f - . I
t OKEGOX SIDELIGHTS . . .. .
Work en, Grants Pass & Rogue River
railroad la progressing rapidly. ' , .
j- , a a .
Man near Albany expects to have 1000
or more chickens lira year or two. -;
.;;.-.,,..' , . a .a . :.,:';;'
The strangers, are still coming and
Monmouth 1 will double ber population
this year, says a correspondent of the
Dallas Observer. , '
v a A - . S ' : j
Looks like Balem had some council
men who are not afraid of another rail,
road. Some men of 'that (awn are
skeered ef being run over. -
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Many favorable eomments are heard
on the excellent condition of the roads
leadlns- In. and out of Lent C says the i
Reporter, And well we might or no
where In the state have they any bet
ter.
lone correspondence of Heppner Ga-.
sette: The traveling minstrels were in
town Monday night The audience was
small, the program slack, and the man
ager had to pawn a guitar to get out
t town, lie ears tnev will ne oacs
again soon.. We hope not . 'i :
Senators ty Direct Vc 3
From the St PatJ Pioneer Press
Harrlsburar Bulletin: ft I. Robinson
says that he has knowlegde of It new
houses to be built in thle vicinity this
summer. Two years ago this announce
ment would have caused some people to
think that a bunch of lunatics must
have wandered Into the country. ,.
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Oregon has a forest reserve area ef
over sixteen million acres with Lame
countv occupying third plaoe with
1,620,110 acres, remarks the' Register.
With all of - (his Lane countv
forest land held tn reserve there Is still
room on the other lands for ten times
the present population or the county.
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' The States that have gone en record '
through their legislatures in favor ef
selecting and electing United States sen
ators by popular Yote are: Arkansas,
California, Colorado,. Illinois, Indiana,
Idaho, Kansas, .Kentucky, Louisiana, ' '
Iowa, Michigan. Minnesota. . Missouri.
Montana, Nevada, New Jeney; Nebras-
ka. North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio.
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wash-
Ington, Wisconsin and Wyoming. : Only
one tnore state Is needed to furnish; the :;
two-thirds necessary to for,ce action by
even an unwilling senate at 'Washing
ton. -'.-T..i.v .
t Is not neceesary now to discuss the -
advisability or the ; wisdom- of this
change. The sentiraentyfor it. is so pro-
iiuuuvw luni ii, uiu( cuina. anu mat
quickly., , Already It states are employ- '
lng , some plan of ; registering "popular
expression before the meeting of . the
legislatures, in the form of primary ex
pression s of preferences, for TTnit C
States senators or some other means otoJ. I
recording, the popular wllh There are
three ways now in . process of comple- S.
uuo iur aviaenung mis oemand of the
people. One Is in congress, to secure
the tnltlative by that body..' The second
is i action ' by the sUte legislatures to
force action by congress, and the third
Is through the adoption of theOregon"
plan, which makes binding upon the "
legislature the preference expressed by
the voters at the prtmaries. By either
of the first two plans an amendment
to the federal : constitution would be
secured.- Byrne Oregon plan the same
effect - would be obtained h m.vtn
thr leglslaturertarthls particular-, rimpiyr:
A ajaill. A- A a. . aJ.
raic cuunir D.1.1 sen iisi ini Delia m 1 m - - -
Statesman that "Polk county needs tlr Lv.wiiyna rorraally
more five and ten acre farms and
in-
tenslfled farming; more men who are
Knt . fr1A l9 a a law mAra k.nl
and fewer goata More oerrles and fruit
trees, less gray diggers and gophers,
and 40,000 more men who are not afraid
of a grub hoe." . ,
"Wa are eloklnar nn
the Medford chief said
the holdovers."
"aa we have a
lot around here now - that have . arona i
siaie xrom laienesa Tnere are a lot
of men In town who are not working
right now who will commence to do so
the minute the paving work begins. I
clean out the Idlers here
that I know spend their time, looking
id
am going to clean
that I know snend
for work and praying they won't fin
Nehalem Entercrlse:. Our farmers
are complaining of high taxes. In many
instances the increase has seen so ner
cent over last' year's taxes. This may
hisrh , 1 when comtared to the
amounts formerly paid, but. when we
consider that land valves have Increased
by leaps and bounds to 300 per acre IS
manv cases, an Increase In taxes muat
also be expected. The average assessed
valuation of farm property Is about
one-fourth the asking prloe, which also
applies iu outer real eiiaie.
. ..v. - .,0 a. . ; . V
Silver Lake Leader: The two thine
necessary to make this county , splendid
for rarminr are transportation and Ir
rigation, The soil Is rich In : notaah
and lime and Is naturally well adapted
to growing grapes, hemp, end hops.
At present the principal Industry Is
cording the will of the vol ers already
Te senate Itself Is responsible f or ,
this demand, for popular election of Its -members.
The reform Is inevitable. The '
Lorlmer scandal tn Illinois, the deadlock
in thejrow York legislature, the election
of m cotton trust magnate In Rhode
Island and the evidence of corruption
and bribery and defeat of the popular
will In other states have convinced the
people that the old system, whatever Its -primal
advantages may have been, must
be discarded and aonon taken whloh win
make the United States senate mors rep
resentative and more responsive te the
will of the people; . ..... ,
raising stock.
cattle, 00,000 head of sheep, and 1,800,-
ir stock. There are sold annuallv
out of this county le.OOO head of beef
000 lbs. of wool. In the county are pas
tured 120,000 sheep, 10,000 horses and
0.000 cattle, besides a larare numbar
or muies, iroats ana noga .
SEVEN LITERARY WOMEN
..,-,.'-1
Fellda Hemans.
. v..
plants have held poultry, eggs and
other products for periods of a year I by Repubiloon senators.
or two, or even longer. A sacrifice IUI?"tht lf because of their opposi-
sale of such products In Chicago re-ZSi2? ;h,-TJ 7? .t016 b!
. m . Dilatory tactics or defeated, thev must
ceuuy was one 01 u Bensauons ii gco-pt fuU responsibility for about the
the dally news reports; and called severest Wow that could ' at this time
out unfavorable comment through- delivered to the presugs of the Re-
out the country.
A law requiring the date ot re
ceipt and delivery of storage articles
to be given the public Is a very rea
sonable control. It Is a far less rad
ical control than the law is exercis
ing over the railroads. And the food
products kept In a cold storage ware
house, with deteriorating
publican party, They muat also accept
reaponsioimy ror compelling the presi
dent to call a special session, as It Is un-
aersiooa ns win do and as they will
Justify him In doing. V
If this special session Is compelled, if
the country Is subjected to an otherwise
premature and unnecessary period of
pusineas uncertainty and financial anx
iety, ir
partisan nolltlos reviva , atwi
Ar,aawltia v m n. a ... . . . . . . .
auencesd-Twnltantttect-tmeBrtiaanu
tsasiiwTa esey ann ssee w aaeMi mm 9 aanai is iv ev wvaakafSJuiauiiT wusiUBTBLiinn riT rnai tir mm wi .. .j. . .
UVSUVU Uft WiaBUiUVlB MM VI OUUB.1 XL 1 . . - waav
not greater concern to the publlo - ut?
than regulation of the raflroads. senator." who YZ. faiir."X.i
defied the sentiment ef the party, and
r VAUTCB FOB FOOD I Sfoadest Interest of the aa-
N
tVt UrnfTtJ TTAQ 'Kaati 1as
W A W.aV .AIa IfWU UCVIU AKm0T- I aifM e-a. ' . - ;' A ,. . ,..:,
ly of Luther - Burbank, but "" iiepuDucan Leagne.
- wa aa a - u SW
unhastlng, unresting," he
pursues . his . beneficent way,
California and Arizona are already
deeply In his debt for the spineless
cactus the huge leaved plant, food
for stock, and also for man, In the
developed form produced by the end
less selections and replantings car
ried on . by Mr. Burbank through
many seasons. Its value to a com
munity, rather to a nation, was
The four tnain purposes that It has
rae popular- election ef United
States senators. , . ,
S Direct primary nominations for all
uiiicea, inciuaing tne direct popular
election of delegates to the national nnn.
ventlons, so that the voters themselves
may express their preference for pres-
lucuuai ana vice presiaenuai candidates.
J--The initiative, the referendum and
uw recall.
4 A stringent corrupt practices not
mm,rad hv tha iRAnn .1""": ,rB"47l proposals meet
w - T-ww, wiDDDouuim or n kini it-v.
I i , a u i . . ( . ... - . .
u uocu yaiu vj ovum jaustraiia
for only a few leaves of. the per
fected plant. For as now supplied
by Its originator the wonder of It lies
not less in the shedding of Its spines
-untouchable by man or beast
than In the ease and certainty of
its reproduction on , an - enormous
scale. : i-ihi, '..--UW'
It Is certified to be both whole
some and satisfying for stock, and
when cooked to be most palatable as
a table -Tegetobler'f .yiv'-.
South and east of us It has passed
the experimental stage In regions
where not over 14 degrees of frost
are to be expected. But it has not
yet been acclimatised for the arid or
semi-arid : districts , of eastern ; and
8mtheaBtemK)wgott.'-'rhe progress
of the experimenter In hardening the
cactus to withstand rero and sub-
J...UI . iL .
tivatuuu ot in Dosses and party mana
gers and the unselfish opposition of
many men .who believe that the old
ysiem or represenuuve government
with all its evils, 1 correct in princl
pla This latter class would keep the
present system and - reform It la Its
Workings. . If- the votara ; -r
would do their duty, every man taking a
f""" miaraat m every t.. convention
and In every election, the present sys
tem would work satisfactorily. They
maintain too. ; that any new "System
would fall as. soon as individual voters
neglected these primary duties, f
True,- but this program of the Pro
T.6.!" -Jeiru'k hovertheless, has vi
tality. The men who believe in it are
in earnest They are not seeking per
sonal gain. They are convinced that
purity In political life cannot brhoped
foir untll radical changes are made In
lJiwa!' J? la our lootoral
methoda The "Oregon Idea" is the
most, rigorous poUUcai4dea aew making
its way among the people and It Is making
its way with, energy and rapidity. Such
a program may not quickly (and it
"Beneath the eloom ; -- ;
Of overshadowing forests, 'Sweetly
. springs .
The unexpected flower.'
" For more than a score of years dur
ing the early part of the past century.
Mrs. Felicia Hemans was the most pop
ular or the female poets, and today she
shares, equally with any others in the
esteem of the public. She Was an excep
tional woman in many respects. While
she wrote poetry with a woman's soul.
It was equally absorbed by the opposite
sex She was praised by both alike, bat
no woman writer ever met with a more
cordial Indorsement from ber own sex
than did Mrs, Hemans.
No less a woman critic than Mrs.
Grant, of Laggan. . wrote of her; "She
keeps us hovering on the wing, like birds
of paradise, for want of a perch te re
pose upon."
Lydla Blgourney, also a woman writ
er of much fame, paid her the following
beautiful poetlo tribute:
' ' "Every vnboro age " v
Shall mix thee with its household ehar-
. ltles: .
Thehoary sire shall bow his deafened
And greet thy sweet . words with bis
benlsoti; ". . , .,
The mother shrine thee as a vestal
flame - . .
In the lone temple of her ohastity: -
And the young ohlld who takes thee by
the hsnd '
Shall travel with a surer step to
j '. Heaven." -
K mere netuoh' a thing as a born
poet Mrs. Hemans Is undoubtedly en
titled to be one of the first In that class.
Imagine a child wlth-so well developed
a mind that at the age of eleven she Is
able to write such lines that have about
them the .ring of true poesy:
Being gifted, aside from poetry, with
a beautiful disposition and an attract
ive personality, at an early age she was
surrounded. by a great many admirers
but she was rather unfortunate In her
choice of a husband, when she married
Captain Hemans. 1 For a time they, lived
happily, but the. rough and ready type
of the captain hardly fitted to the pas
toral life and ideals of the poetess. Con
sequently, after the birth of their fifth
son. Captain Hemans, ostensibly for the
improvement of his health, decided , to
retire to. Italy,, leaving Mrs. Hemans
to struggle along at best she could. She
never saw .him again. ,? If. - ;
ne is-credited with having almost
Beats a Reno Kvtroe.
-.From the Los Angeles Ttmea" "
" A ShanesvUle. Ohio, lustlca of the
psace formulated an agreement of Sep
aratloa between his clients as follows:
"Ttfr. Ben Bltioofer agrees to give Mrs.
Ben Biticofer f(S0. 60 In eaab and
note for the remainder at 4 par seat In
terest and the meat of one hog weigh
ing too pounds or more, , and she can
have It; at any time after the hog is
butchered. Mr. Ben Bltioofer agrees to
give Mrs. Ben Biticofer IS hens and Ben
la to keep them until April L Mil, un
less Mrs. Ben calls for them- before,
Ben Is not to serve as husband to Mrs,
Ben Biticofer hereafter; Mrs. Ben Biti
cofer Is not to act as wife to Bea Bltl--cofer
any mora This means that they
mrm muw ana partea m ruii, and parted
and settled f orever," (y; --;..'. -,.ir';
Fare thee well, and lf tewtrftr'
Still forever fare thee well, , f
E en though unforgiving, never
'Gainst thee shall this heart rebel
Take the hog we've fed together.
Take the hens on Anrii ,. '
Nevof."". whato'er the weather.
w.uaat uuu nuui uu saa neart ount
Tou ma
Ben
may keep the! whole six
vrtlLwaXk this earth
fifty.
one.
He is broke, but you are thrifty.
He's a dog with ne'er a bona
When you eat the bog, remember
Ben Is now quite out ot meat
We parted, dearest In Deoember
Amidst storms and snows and sleet '
Never more you'll be my honey:
Never more my cares relleva '
Take the hens, the hog. the money,
lake my note and take your leave.
. T '
'Tribulations of a Populist,
; From tne Los Angeles Times.
Tom Wateon. the naorata Pnmiiiat
remarkable memory which enabled her leader, seems to be out of luck. He went
to master tasks with great ease. .To dls- into a swamp near his home ln Thom-
Slpate the credulity of her brother, who
was skeptical of her possession of the
power,: she committed - to memory the
whole of Bishop Heher's poem of "Eu
rope" (four hundred' and twenty-four
uneei, in one nour and twenty minutes,
nmYing reaa uie poem -previously,
son, Ga. :
Whether he went there to compose a
speech tn favor fit the Initiative, the ref
erendum and the recall, or In search of
snipe, Is not stated probably the latter,
since he carried a gun. While meditat
ing and mortaring to himself on the
The sarlv death t V.a r n,.ra"e ?
whom 1 she had a tTisiZSZZ. . r.l""".1" f": Jniuow? UDOn.
. . - l "u vsa lud uuLinKmiiiB nnnnuni nT'
another afflloUon, which she bore with
great. fortitude. But the loss of those
she held so dear to her, was In a measure-
made up In the many friends among
the great literary lights whom one by
one she added to, her list One of the
closest of . these was .SlrWalter Scott
Among the many kind , words whloh
Scott spoke to her. be said: "One
nuu.u amr you nan tm fflinv mMinm.
the sheriff of Fresno count-in rock.
piling and hoss bathing the Industrial
Workers of the World, Mr. Wateon tum
bled Into a -ditch and lost his gun and
his hat ,
On reaching his homo he learned that
three or four men had been seen lurking
about his premises. He ballered hi Ufa
to be In danger from Georgia Democrat
w-.- VC ' -lr ngei
niia uie jausrs ravorltechUdr
Of him whose magic lay Impart7
Each various feeling to the heart
- When only fourteen years of age her
flrstvvolum Zt poetry appeared 8he
had begun to write when she was only
nine years old. Wot mere doggerel
but poems that would ..?T.
SJSJK.9 hwr lu Xmatlne a
ii t? . . remarkable
girt Is ft anv wonder tfca w
public marv.led wheTth learnt tiat
the beautiful verse, which had be Wr.
by a little girl la short frocksr
pllshmenta, Mrs. Hemans, were they not I w,'0 no kindly to his nopullstlo
SB 11 Wm as Mm.. eVah A-- . a. . . 1 wiakissyaa atis iklaktal .au a( a. a
I.. ave pleasure, i ; r I '"" u uwtuii uu n ounce.: fix
WordSWOrth Was snot-nav ... '-.
delightful hours In ,tha discussion of
their favorite art i
4In iil4 her health failed her and she
removed to Dublin ).. , ,,....
USSf 0U0,K ,n Ptler time e-
4 V at. a.. 1 at
whole chapters of AZwi.
prevention Is worth a pound of cure he
took prompt measures to protect him
self. - -..:.;.v-.;'.
He offered a reward of $800 for the
apprehension of the guilty lurkers. He
called upon the sheriff, the tewn mar
shal and the people of the town of
Thomson to protect him and to make a
thorough search of the woods and
last effort of ber muse 7 armed , men as a guard
MM. after a genl..! 2?YJJl ' f
-' : - . ,m uivii wuu ii a vmnKH IM VWtM-aM WI1 ,
. - - .w.aj .v uu
passed awar.
oi ??5f ,n,ed -child
o song," being thoroughly Imbued with
the true Inspiration 0f the p- nd
J-iSJS-i1-! Bvolutlon and
would have been unwritten, and her
a circled
" " W IUVTW,
aim. : v-'.' - i''
Tet there are doubtsrs Democrats pf .
coursewho are so" unkind as to assert
that Instead of a conspiracy of "Special -Privileges
and "the Interests te elim
inate Mr. Watson from an unapprecla
Uve world, it Is simply a ease ef-old '
fsshioned Georgia Jimjaraa - : - -
-1' avmwrrWW -UeOrgS BllOt
n.tWa "f ?'tlr ""loft Into
general effect. t But it airaa. ... .
uneuapected volume and earnestneTs of
support among the people In evervnert
thaa. -V .",,ougniy considered
these proposed chana-aa mn
eral Idea that underlies them, yea Vlli
ah i . io
' " ' "' 11 i II i j K , .
President Tatfa Broad Policy.
From the Milwaukee Wisconsin. " f
It is an error to assart tv..
Ity with Canada would give the manu.
tlon While Wlthdrawlnar I , 'mu. k.
farmers. PractlcaUy there are no manu
ta"'S! Canada to com. Into oompe-
JMstead of menacing the farmers, rscl
proclty will ; help them, . by : enlarging
their home marketmaktar a near-by
demand whloh will ahsorh aia..vii
products that now in many insUnoes go
! even while the cost of
living is lowsr to the, consumers, the
farmers , income wlU.be iaorsased at
the same time that he is getting the
benefit of oheapet. lumber. ' v
. President Taft In his Snaanh'a r-
lumbus,. Ohio..; ventured- 4hla- pred lotion!
um tne agreement be adopted and go
into epesatlpn and In. alt months the
farmers on the border who now have
Just : As Good
A-
fears Will rejoice
in ! thla
toward , closer . buain... -.a .1... .""y
latloas with our neighbors. The whole
ooantry-tfarmer, manufacturer, rail
road eompany,; middle man. warehouse
man will all be xalnera.
(OoDtrlbsted te Thf JoornaJ by Welt Una.
the famoui Kiuaa poet Bla preaa-poeaw are a
rcrnlar faatun at tbla nlnm. I. Th. n.n. '
jesa.,:a Ti:iiz,:7-.
'i X- called.; upon:.. the groceir man, and
asked him for a gallon can of syrup,
Th .. ' l""u -Ba: xioo oaai i we've lust
rttJltV' kla t0 th. best Uold out the last w had! But We have
sometung just as good; this kerosene
of ours has stood the fiercest tests you
ever saw; and scientists lay down the
law that oil's ifra class apart; It tones
the liver and the heart; it fills you full
of rich, red blood, and makes your hair
M at a est w wasfB WBJI,
of his ability for a broad publlo pol-
vU.. wtu.os a oiesnng to the peo
P. tt-ti prevails. Some of the lnhos.
Pltamy extended towardWsw
mendation is due ho doubt to genuine
SOlldtttda hMn a v.v....: ?..u,n
change, but a great i otth. ": Ft .WhUkW! 80 throw youp
Mob he Is encountering is nurai, lug away nd bujr tomt kerosene today.-
tlonal and does no credit to those !n" 'y01 .,napfnint his scales,
gagedn It , "V fM ,n" Hi0 h'm th keg of nalla, and
- ' ' ,.: biffed' him .firmly with my. lyre, and
ttmmA xvjt. t-l ' . T ;:j& "'t his one-horse store afire. I called
HrJ WoJrom Broiher Davey. upon the druggist then, and wished to
xJJf? . Vll43r News, r rj tawtela pen. "I do not keep
aaTOm?.!".' natht t06d "enM ;UOhWng-" ' "!! &,a! i'the ; trade In
and political decencv 'Af nnnM fountain nans ta Ama- - . ..,a.!
hralnless demagogue, ; Albert Abraham. Mrv ou they should and I have
5 2-Uv ,n rMOha- the gover- omthlng just as-good. Now. Vvg Z
ffiL&J? November, a. hs wished
to do. ; During the session ef the legis
lature JUSt Closed thara ta. a --
In either branch who could so success
fully make an. ass of iilmself on every
ooeasien,' - . . . , "7
' ' i a i i i ' -Vyfct--
nainam-Taibl IS'likelObfi-liTT, '.
a five acre nursery f9r thr propaga-l
tlon of fruit shade and , ornamantai i
trees, vines, snruDS and -small fruita
squirtgun here, my friend, that I caa
safely recommend. The London Lancet
rightly claims there are no better, saner
games than squirting water from a
f"n reached across and poked ".
him on. Is there no merchant In this
land to say: "Such tmiii "
bandlhere .la. nona.ln -4hlsghbtw---
j, "era is notning just , as
fuv va i ( .
Copyright, iio, by
Qeorge UetUttw Adams,